Where does “spá” come from?

spá (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse spá, from Proto-Germanic spahōną, from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- — to see, to look, to observe.

spá (Icelandic): a prophecy; a prognosis; a weather forecast

Definitions

  1. a prophecy; a prognosis; a weather forecast

Ancestry of “spá”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsespáa prophecy; to prophesy, to foretell
2Proto-Germanicspahōnąto observe
3Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe

Words derived from “spá”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic spahōną →Every word from Old Norse spá →